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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.94121, -2.31381
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Pied Flycatcher +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Pied Flycatcher +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Carder Bee +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Mountain Pansy, Early-purple Orchid +166 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Isaac's Tea TrailWalking route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route94 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 94 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Gatehouse to Staward Pele
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Wildlife to spot
2,389 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,389 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodcock · Dipper · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Curlew +32
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Cercopis vulnerata · Rhingia campestris · Leucozona glaucia · Leucozona laternaria · Meliscaeva cinctella +8
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Small Garden Bumblebee
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood Sage · Water Avens · Pignut · Hairy St John's-wort +62
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- PignutConopodium majus
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood Anemone
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,389 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodcock · Dipper · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Curlew +32
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Cercopis vulnerata · Rhingia campestris · Leucozona glaucia · Leucozona laternaria · Meliscaeva cinctella +8
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Small Garden Bumblebee
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood Sage · Water Avens · Pignut · Hairy St John's-wort +62
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- PignutConopodium majus
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood Anemone
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus hortorum
Bombus hortorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaRed-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicumRed-Breasted Carrion BeetleOiceoptoma thoracicumMarsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2024Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2024Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2024Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2024Anemone nemorosa
Anemone nemorosa
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumMountain PansyViola luteaMountain PansyViola luteaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024Wood MelickMelica unifloraWood MelickMelica unifloraHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaBroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaHairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulisHairy Lady's-mantleAlchemilla filicaulisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumSanicleSanicula europaeaSanicleSanicula europaeaWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumSweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataSweet CicelyMyrrhis odorataHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumPolypodyPolypodium vulgarePolypodyPolypodium vulgareHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaEarly-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2024Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2024CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea2024Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024